Hi everyone, Having just started playing Infinity, I was looking at what English language ressources are available online, whether tactical advice, AARs, etc. Here is the list of my findings up to now, which assumes you already know where to find the official stuff. I take the opportunity of thanking all the forum members who have taken the time to guide me in my research. The basics The official Infinity wiki. Human-Sphere. Data Sphere. The fist one is the official wiki and an easy way to quickly access any rule. Human Sphere is a wiki dedicated to cataloguing all the miniatures that have been produced, and each page contains tons of information (the profiles, but also pictures, fluff, etc). Data Sphere is repository for tons of information, but alas, it's not updated much anymore. Still absolutely worth the visit. General blogs The Dice Abide. Merc Recon. Bromad Academy. Under Bourak's Sun The Dice Abide contains all sorts of useful stuff, with a emphasis on Druze, USAriadna and Ikari, but should be checked out even if you play something else. Merc Recon is mostly AARs, but well explained and with tons of details. The Bromad Academy offers a variety of content, from AARs to tactical articles to reviews. It’s mostly Nomads (duh!) but not only, and the site links to interesting stuff elsewhere, including the Dice Abide. There’s a lot of interesting stuff for beginners, and it’s fairly active. Under Bourak's Sun is mostly dedicated to Haqqislam, and is a great ressource if you want to play with that faction. Or if your opponent keeps putting it on the table. There are many more blogs out there, but many of them haven't been updated in several years. Lonely Artichoke, a blog dedicated to Tohaa and itself seldom updated, has a long list with many more links you can find here. But beware, some contain only a few articles, some are way out of date, so your mileage may vary. You can still find great stuff in there if you dig a bit. Here is a link to a great article on table theory (how to set up your scenery on an Infinity table so the game is interesting) from 8obman, a subject that deserves more info when you start out. Tactics stuff Note: there's a strong emphasis in Infinity tactical articles on individual units. If I would put it into LCG/CCG terms, there is considerably more content dedicated to individual card evaluation than to more general considerations, such as "how do I win the game?". It's a bit odd as Infinity is rather atypical and beginners could do with the help, but it's what it is. Infinity Tactics. 101 articles at the Dice Abide. Deployment article on the Dice Abide Infinity Tactics is an attempt at providing general tactical advice for each faction, sectorial, and individual unit. It's not complete, and many units have little information, but it remains a great ressource, and also has a lot of pictures for the units. There are only a few 101 articles available at the Dice Abide, but they are very high quality and typically the type of information a beginner wants. In-depth information about specific rules, and examples on how to use them to your advantage. Just type "101" at the Dice Abide or follow the link above. I've also added a link to another article on that same site, concerning deployment. A lot of your success will come from deploying properly, and I have found the exercice demanding when you start out. Tools Some good tools to go along with the official Infinity Army app: N3 Hacking Helper. Infinity Dice Calculator. MayaNet. Infinity Marker Sheet Creator. ComLog. The hacking helper is an invaluable tool once hacking becomes part of your games. I have found the section on hacking to be a bit confusing, the tool sorts is out, even on the fly. The Dice Calculator let's you figure out the odds for a variety of situations. You can select your units, their armament, the context (cover and so on), and it will tell you what the odds are for each potential outcome. Not meant to be used in game, I find it interesting as a tool to study various situations. MayaNet is an alternative to the official Infinity Army app for iOS devices (the official app only has downloadable versions for Android, Linux and PC). It is fully functional, produces printable listings, and is way better than the official app in at least one way: you can search for units by name, and man is this useful (to all beginners: don't look for your IceStorm Nisse in the N section, because it's Svalarheima Nisse. Everyone knows that!). The Marker Sheet Creator allows you to create PDFs with Infinity markers of your choice. This is great when you are starting out, you can print the markers you need as rules get added to your game. Just get a 25mm puncher and some epoxy stickers (something like this), and you're good to go. Made by the same forum member who makes MayaNet, @toadchild. ComLog is an iOS and Android (the link I provide is for Android, just search Comlog in the App Store for iOS) tool to manage ITS missions and tourneys. My use for it is still limited, but I'm fairly sure it'll become a staple once I start playing those missions. Made by forum member @sevinkydink. Mission systems Infinity is mostly played using the ITS (Infinity Tournament System) missions. You can find those here. While it's perfectly possible to play those mission from the get go, they can be a bit difficult for beginners: some need the pack of cards for the classified objectives, which you might not have; and all require specific specialists (hackers, medics, forwards observers...) and generally specifically tailored lists, and you might not have the models to do this. So here are 2 alternatives: The 20 x 20 Infinity Mission System can be very interesting for beginners as an alternative to the official ITS ones. They can be played with armies of any size, and they don't require specialists nor the classified objectives. There are also meant for more generic lists, and you can roll the mission parameters right before the game. The Recon system: this system mostly aims at making ITS missions smaller, and is meant to be played with 150 points - great if you just purchased an introductory box and/or a few blisters, as it allows you to try out a few load outs. The gaming area is smaller too, and there are general rules for list building to balance the missions for 150 points. You still need specialists, but at 150 points, you don't need many, and you do not need the pack of cards. Recon is excellent to train for full-fledged ITS. Both systems work really well, and you can even mix and match: it is really easy to use the general rules for Recon in 20 x 20 missions, and this will make 150 points 20 x 20 missions more balanced. You can see details about this on the Recon page. Scenery I found the intense need for scenery to be a frightening aspect of Infinity. The stuff is generally expensive to buy and I'm not good enough with my two hands to make my own. I was resigned to fill half my table with the Corvus Belli official stuff that came in the box and add Coke cans as sugary water towers, when I discovered papercraft. Print the stuff on stiff paper or light cardboard, cut, fold, and voilà! This thread, by @jherazob on this forum, lists a bunch of links to high-quality free stuff. I believe the most useful link is this one: it's a google drive with a bunch of stuff produced by Tommy Gun, and it provides everything you need, containers, buildings, small crates... This one, linking to Toposolitario's website, is also great, especially for paper crafted vehicles and space crafts. I'd also check his MASH field hospital, easy to build and with linkable buildings. If you do decide to purchase scenery, there's a bunch of links here in the forum, just look under Partners and Distribution. But I wanted to mention Battle Systems, who produce sets of prepainted, modular, cardboard scenery, as a great option that's not too expensive. Most of their boxes will give you many configurations for multi-storied terrain, as well as scatter (boxes and so on), and even stuff you can use as objectives (the consoles for example). One set is not enough to cover a full-sized mat for Infinity, you'd need 2 for that, but you can mix the stuff with the terrain that comes in many of the Corvus Belli starter boxes. You can check the tutorial videos to get a good idea of the final result. Podcasts Apparently, podcasts represent a sizeable bulk of user-produced Infinity content. I find it weird that a game about miniatures and scenery that is lauded for how good it looks gets so much audio content, but then I'm old and out of touch. Loss of Lieutenant. Limited Insertion. Maya Cast. White Noise. These four seem to be very active and are posting new content regularly. I found Limited Insertion and Loss of Lieutenant to be the most interesting for my needs (stuff to learn the game). Youtube First off, someone put together a playlist of tutorial videos. I particularly liked the ones from OnTableTop in that list. Also, @Vaulsc has recently produced a new video to learn to play Infinity, which you can find here. Furthermore, @Vaulsc, has produced tons of content for Infinity, on a variety of subjects, his main page is here. He has previously produced 2 videos that are particularly interesting for beginners, Basic Tactics in Infinity and Intermediate Strategy & Tactics. And while I haven't watched it (I simply don't have enough models yet to make use of it), there's also a video on General List-Building Theory. Guerilla Miniatures makes videos about all things minis (and so a lot of GW), but they regularly produce AARs for Infinity. A bit difficult at times to follow for beginners, but the last episode at the time of this writing is here (numbered episode 108, so you know there's a lot of stuff to watch). They're really good quality, but players don't always explain in full details what's going on and nothing about their strategy, so it's best to watch after you've had a few games under your belt. Enemy Spotted Wargaming is a new channel (6 months old if I'm not mistaken) that has a bunch of stuff, including AARs and reviews, as well as a few tutorial videos. I appreciated that the tutorial videos really went back to the basics, there's even one on how to resolve face-to-face rolls. Conclusion There is absolutely nothing comprehensive about these links: it's the stuff I found or was given here, and that I found useful and hope can be useful to you, a fellow beginner. Also note that when I say something is "great", the amount of subjectivity on display cannot be overstated. Finally, if anyone has anything they think should be here, don't hesitate to post below, I'll update the listing.
